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Best of Bridge Bowtie Shrimp & Pesto Pasta

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Best of Bridge Bowtie Shrimp & Pesto Pasta
Bowtie pasta, also known as farfalle, means butterfly in Italian. We love how the pesto nestles into the pinched centre of the pasta for more flavour in each bite. Using bottled pesto is a great supermarket hack, or use our recipe for Small Batch Pesto when harvesting the basil.

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The Perfect Valentine's Dinner

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The Perfect Valentine's Dinner

With both my husband's and my birthday falling at the beginning and end of February, we really don't make a big deal out of celebrating Valentine's Day. However now that we are "almost" empty nesters, we will have an evening to ourselves and I think we will make this simple and easy meal for two. Enjoy and Happy Valentines ❤️❤️ MENU ❤️❤️ Rose Petal Risotto with Pan-Seared Scallops (Download Recipe Card) Chocolate Dipped Strawberries with Sponge Toffee (Download Recipe Card) OR Frozen Berries with Hot White Chocolate Sauce ROSE PETAL RISOTTO WITH PAN-SEARED SCALLOPS Ingredients... 3 cups vegetable or chicken...

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Buckwheat Galettes with Egg, Ham, and Cheese

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Buckwheat Galettes with Egg, Ham, and Cheese

A galette is a buckwheat crepe filled with savoury breakfast staples, such as egg, ham, and cheese. It hails from Brittany and is enjoyed at any time of day. To prepare these galettes for a group that wants to eat together, have all your ingredients ready to go so you can assemble each one in the pan as the crepe finishes cooking. Note that buckwheat flour—despite the fact it has “wheat” in its name—is entirely gluten-free. It is ground from a seed, not a grain.

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Summer Pudding Jam

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Summer Pudding Jam

 From Jam Bake by Camilla Wynne, Penguin Random House, 2021

This jam is a great solution for those times when you come home from the farmers' market with a half pint of every berry you couldn't resist buying but aren't sure what to do with them. I came up with this recipe when I moved to a house to a house with my first real honest-to-god garden in the ground and started planting the berries I'd always of growing; black and golden raspberries, black currants and jostaberries. The trouble is, most berries take a few years to get established, so I only had a handful of each the first few years. On their own, each bush's harvest was just a snack, but together they made a jam. This recipe also works well with frozen fruit. If you buy an extra half pint of berries every time you go to the maket, throw them into the freezer and come November, when you're facing the true onset of winter, you can make what tastes like British summer pudding - a mixture of juicy sweetened berries encased in soft white bread. - Camilla Wynne

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Slow Cooker Butter Chicken

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Slow Cooker Butter Chicken

DOWNLOAD RECIPE CARD Recipes from Today's Everyday Slow Cooker - 100 Easy & Delicious Recipes by Donna-Marie Pye Ingredients... 2 tbsp melted butter, divided 2 tbsp tandoori curry paste or tikka curry paste 1 tbsp minced ginger 1 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp paprika 1 can (354 mL) evaporated milk 1 can (156 mL) tomato paste 1 tbsp brown sugar 8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs ½ cup plain yogurt 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice Hot cooked basmati rice 2 tbsp chopped cilantro 2 tbsp chopped cashews Method... In a small saucepan, cook 1 tbsp butter until just beginning to...

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